HALF PLATE Civil War Soldier Tintype Andersonville POW Photo 1860s ID'd Rare

  
Tintype of a two young men, one a Civil War soldier. Identification on the back reads, Wilhelm Abel died at St. Louis of cholera about 18 yrs old + his cousin, right. After some research I couldn't find any record of a Wilhlem or William Abel of around this age who died in1860s, but I did find a soldier named Jerome Abel, born 1843 in Pennsylvania, who died of cholera in the notorious Andersonville prison in Georgia on June 29, 1864. So the writer of the note might have some info confused.. Wouldn't be an uncommon thing. Jerome's military record is at the bottom of this listing. Tintype is UNCASED behind original mat and cover glass. It's in overall VG antique condition, with some kind of surface wear in the background above the boy on the left's shoulder. Enlistment Date: 25 Feb 1862. Muster Date: 25 Feb 1862. Muster Regiment: Company F, 54th Pennsylvania Infantry. Imprisonment Date: 2 Feb 1864.

Imprisonment Place: Patterson Creek, West Virginia. Date of Death: 29 Jul 1864. Place of Death: Andersonville Prison, Georgia.

Cause of Death: Died of Disease POW. Residence Place: Northampton County, Pennsylvania.